Improvement in wagon-covers



T. DANAHEY. Wagon-Cover.

No. 221,791. P aten ted Nov. 18,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENTCOFFIGE.

THOMAS DANAHEY, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN WAGON-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,791, dated November 18, 1879 application filed September 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS DANAHEY, of Council Bluffs, Pctfawattamie county, in the State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in WVagon-Bows, and means for securing them to the wagon when not in use, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in making a bow of two straight springs, of equal length, and connecting them by a top hinge, while on the other side, opposite to the wings of binge, are arranged two stops, that abut together and limit the inward movement of the hinge ends of the spring toward each other; also, in wire rods hung by eyes and staples to theside of body, and adapted to be secured by a detachable pin, all as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon-body with my improvement. Fig. 2 represents my spring-bow folded. Fig. 3 represents a side View in detail of the joint in my bow when in its place on the wagon. Fig. 4 exhibits a sectional, elevation of the wagon-seat provided with a receptacle which I preferably employ for the flexible cover. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of said seat and receptacle.

1n the drawings, A represents a wagonbody having the seat a, provided with a receptacle, g, for the flexible cover C when the latter is not in use.

B represents my wagonbow, which is socured at the ends in staples b on the side of thebody in the usual way. This bow consists of two, straight springs, b b, of equal length, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, conjoined at the ends by a hinge, (I, which is on the top of the bow, as shown in Fig. 3 of drawings, and provided on the inside, opposite to the wings of the hinge, with two corresponding stops or rests, e e. The springs 11 I) turn on their hinge-joint until these stops abut against each other, when they bend into the bow form before the entrance of their free ends into the staples b.

I f represent keepers placed vertically and parallel on the same side of the body, hinged by eyes at one end, and fastened by a pin detachably on a staple at the other. In this manner they are adapted to be swung open to receive the straight bow-springs b b, and then readily secured over them.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A wagon-bow consisting of two straight springs, 11 b, of equal length, connected by a top hinge, cl, and provided with stops 6 e on the inside, as shown and described.

, 2. The parallel keepers f f, hinged vertical] y on one side of the wagon-body and fastening detachably, as specified.

THOMAS DANAHEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES B. BEARD, GEORGE FEUERHAKEN. 

